agricultural value chain development: threat or ...

DiD you know?National and international buyers of food products are becoming more concentrated: nearly 40% of the world s coffee is traded by 4 companies and 80% of Latin American banana exports are controlled by 3 The number and size of modern value chains, and thus jobs, will increase in developing countries with economic growth; already in more prosperous transforming and urbanized countries, the industries and services linked to agricultural value chains often account for over 30% of Modern agricultural value chains usually offer wage and self employment with better pay and working conditions than in traditional agriculture. Although women constitute only 20-30% of agricultural wage workers worldwide (though more in some Latin American and African countries)3, they often predominate in high- value industries for export or domestic supermarkets, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, poultry and seafood (Table 1).

Fruit South Africa Chile 283.000 336.739 53% 45% 65-75% 55-70% Poultry Brazil 10.502 90% majority Shrimps Bangladesh 600.000 36% (62% in processing) 90% Source: Adapted from FAO 2009 (Fontana M. with Paciello. C) and World Bank, FAO and IFAD, 2009

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